3319.58
Retesting teachers in low performance schools.

(A)
As
used in this section, "core subject area" has the same meaning as in section
3319.074 of the Revised
Code.

(B)
Each year,
beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, the board of education of each city,
exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district shall require
each classroom teacher who is currently teaching in a core subject area and has
received a rating of ineffective on the evaluations conducted under section
3319.111 of the Revised Code for
two of the three most recent school years to register for and take all written
examinations of content knowledge selected by the department of education as
appropriate to determine expertise to teach that core subject area and the
grade level to which the teacher is assigned.

(C)
Each year, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, the governing authority of
each community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code
except a community school to which section
3314.017 of the Revised Code
applies and governing body of each STEM school established under Chapter
3326. of the Revised Code with a building ranked in the lowest ten per cent of
all public school buildings according to performance index score, under section
3302.21 of the Revised Code, shall
require each classroom teacher currently teaching in a core subject area in
such a building to register for and take all written examinations of content
knowledge selected by the department as appropriate to determine expertise to
teach that core subject area and the grade level to which the teacher is
assigned.

(D)
If a teacher
who takes an examination under division (B) of this section passes that
examination and provides proof of that passage to the teacher's employer, the
employer shall require the teacher, at the teacher's expense, to complete
professional development that is targeted to the deficiencies identified in the
teacher's evaluations conducted under section
3319.111 of the Revised Code. The
receipt by the teacher of a rating of ineffective on the teacher's next
evaluation after completion of the professional development, or the failure of
the teacher to complete the professional development, shall be grounds for
termination of the teacher under section
3319.16 of the Revised
Code.

(E)
If a teacher
who takes an examination under this section passes that examination and
provides proof of that passage to the teacher's employer, the teacher shall not
be required to take the examination again for three years, regardless of the
teacher's evaluation ratings or the performance index score ranking of the
building in which the teacher teaches. No teacher shall be responsible for the
cost of taking an examination under this section.

(F)
Each district board of education, each community school governing authority,
and each STEM school governing body may use the results of a teacher's
examinations required under division (B) or (C) of this section in developing
and revising professional development plans and in deciding whether or not to
continue employing the teacher in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter or Chapter 3314. or 3326. of the Revised Code. However, no decision to
terminate or not to renew a teacher's employment contract shall be made solely
on the basis of the results of a teacher's examination under this section until
and unless the teacher has not attained a passing score on the same required
examination for at least three consecutive administrations of that
examination.